44.000 Vehicles Still
Without Riteve
Inspection
According to Riteve, the
annual vehicular
inspection authority,
there are still 44.000
vehicles circulating
without their 2007
inspection.
All vehicles have to be
inspected once a year,
save for taxis which are
twice a year, from
January to October. The
last number of the
license plate determines
the month the vehicle
has to be inspected, 1
for January through 0
for October.
November and December,
Riteve is busy with
re-inspections for
October and vehicles who
haven't done their
annual inspections, as
the it is required to
the payment of the
Marchamo, the vehicular
circulation permit which
is payable by December
31.
Vehicles without the
Marchamo are exposed to
a fine and possible
confiscation of the
vehicle.
In the past years, the
Policía de Tránsito
(traffic police) always
gave a 15 day grace
period, not fining
owners of vehicles with
an expired Marchamo
until the middle of
January. The grace
period was necessary fue
to the small number of
locations that Marchamo
could be paid and the
long lines, especially
during the last week of
December.
However, now the
Instituto Nacional de
Seguros (INS), the state
insurance operator that
collects the Marchamo,
allows it to be sold at
all insurance agency
offices, banks and other
financial institutions,
with some 800 sale
points across the
country and no excuse
for not paying on time.
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